Quicken Home and Business is a personal account management software application, and the "Rental Property Manager" specializes in small accounts for users who own, rent and maintain their own properties. The Rental Property Manager allows the landlord to set up dates for collection, accounts received and other pertinent information to help organize the properties and alleviate the time-consuming schedule of personal real estate maintenance.

Open Quicken and open the "Rental Property" tab to launch the Rental Property Manager.

Select "Properties & Tenants." Click the "Add Tenant" button.

Select the rental account where you want to add the tenant's information. Enter the rent information and amounts in the "Rent Details" field. Click the "Contact" tab and enter the tenant's contact information.

Select the "Terms & Agreement" tab. Enter the lease information, including the lease's start and end dates, the move-in date and the move-out date.

Click the "Security Deposit" tab and enter the deposit amount collected, as well as any deductions.

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Anthony Bonesarelli began writing as a columnist for "The Daily Athenaeum" university publication in 2006. He now specializes in music criticism online at Garbage Days and social media consulting at a West Virginia art gallery. He graduated from West Virginia University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts in English.